6999308

Modularized Electronic Device Assembly Architecture

PublishedFebruary 14, 2006
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Patent Claims
7 claims

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1. A modularized electronic device assembly architecture for the assembly of a modularized electronic device to a base chassis; the modularized electronic device assembly architecture comprising: a supportive base, which is provided on the base chassis, and which is defined with a mounting area and is provided with a guide structure at a predefined position; a bracket, which is used to hold the modularized electronic device, and which is formed with a pivoting point on one side thereof; a hand-turnable reciprocating device, which is formed with a rotating portion, a spirally-extending rail portion, and a handle portion; wherein the rotating portion is substantially a cylindrical disk having axis pivotally linked to the pivoting point on the bracket so as to be pivotally turnable about the pivoting point; the spirally-extending rail portion is a rail structure which extends along the cylindrical surface of the rotating portion and is meshable to the guide structure; and the handle portion is an elongated bar structure having one end linked to the rotating portion and the other end being a free end; and wherein when the rotating portion is urged by the handle portion to turn in a first angular direction, it causes the spirally-extending rail portion to generate a linear force in a first direction that pushes the bracket in the first direction and therefore the modularized electronic device in position on the supportive base on the base chassis; and whereas when the rotating portion is urged by the handle portion to turn in a second angular direction, it causes the spirally-extending rail portion to generate a linear force in a second direction that pulls the bracket in the second direction and thereby withdraw the modularized electronic device from the base chassis.

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2. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 1 , wherein the modularized electronic device is a modularized hard disk drive.

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3. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 1 , wherein the modularized electronic device is a modularized CD/DVD drive.

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4. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 1 , wherein the guide structure includes a pair of pins separated from each other by a predefined width that is matched to the thickness of the spirally-extending rail portion of the hand-turnable reciprocating device so as to allow the spirally-extending rail portion to be meshable to the passage between the two pins.

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5. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 1 , wherein the supportive base is provided with an engaging sidewall structure which defines the mounting area on the supportive base.

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6. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 5 , wherein the engaging sidewall structure is formed with a plurality of engaging openings, and correspondingly, the bracket is formed with a plurality of tongues on the sides thereof, for engaging the bracket to the supportive base by means of fitting the tongues against the engaging openings.

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7. The modularized electronic device assembly architecture of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is further formed with a locking peg beside the pivoting point, and correspondingly, the handle portion of the hand-turnable reciprocating device is formed with a locking hole in the free end thereof, for locking the handle portion in position when the modularized electronic device is mounted in position on the base chassis.

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Publication Date

February 14, 2006

Inventors

Cheng-Chung Hsu

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